RIP Bill Jackson

The sad news keeps on coming. This is my childhood right here. Saw him at the Gateway Theater in Chicago in the early 70s. He got on stage and drew pictures for us out of our initials. Thought it was about the coolest thing I ever saw (as a ten-year-old).

Bill Jackson has passed away. He was 86. Here he is with Dirty Dragon at the Evergreen Plaza Shopping Center in Evergreen Park, IL. I will do a tribute podcast episode of him on Vanished Chicagoland Stories soon. What tremendous talent that man had. He will be missed. R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/l7lPgbqBtx

— Vanished Chicagoland (@vanishedchicago) January 18, 2022